TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters following Iran’s contested 2009 election, has died ...

(Reuters) - Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran's most celebrated musician and a critic of the government, was buried on Saturday near the 10th century national poet Ferdowsi, Iranian media reported. A ...

An Iranian singer whose voice was regarded as one of his country's national treasures — and who then ran afoul of the regime — has died. Mohammad Reza Shajarian, a master performer who was hailed as ...

Iran’s most revered classical musician, vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian, has died at age 80, after a career that helped define Iranian culture but was stifled by conservative ideologues once he ...

When protests broke out in Iran in 2009 over the fraudulent presidential election, one of the country’s leading artists stood up against the regime and its violent repression of demonstrators.

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, the ‘prince of Persian music’, passed away on October 8, leaving Iranians in and outside their homeland in mourning. Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian ...

Traditionally aired on Iranian state television and radio during the month of Ramadan, an Islamic prayer called "Rabbana," sung by 69-year-old Mohammad Reza Shajarian, has yet to be broadcast this ...